*umbi

Runic: ᚢᛗᛒᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈum.bi/

preposition

Meanings

around, about

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (‘by, around’), from earlier *h₂ntbʰi, instrumental case form to *h₂énts (‘face’). Cognate with Old Latin am (‘around’), Latin amb- (‘around, about’), ambi- (‘both’), Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí) (amphí, ‘around, about’), Sanskrit अभि (abhí) (abhí, ‘against, about’).

Descendants

  • *umbi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • umbe, umbi (Old Dutch)
      • omme, ombe, om (Middle Dutch)
        • ómb, óm (Limburgish)
  • *umbi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • umbe, umbi (Old Dutch)
      • omme, ombe, om (Middle Dutch)
        • om (Dutch)
          • om (Afrikaans)
  • *umbi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • umbe, ombe (Old Frisian)
      • uum, ume (Saterland Frisian)
      • om (West Frisian)
  • *umbi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • umbi (Old High German)
      • umbe, ump, ümbe, üm (Middle High German)
        • ume, umme (Alemannic German)
        • um, umb, üm, ümb (German)
        • אום (um) (Yiddish)
  • *umbi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • umbi (Old High German)
      • umbe, ump, ümbe, üm (Middle High German)
        • ? (Bavarian)
          • umme (Cimbrian)
          • um (Mòcheno)
  • *umbi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • umbi (Old High German)
      • umbe, ump, ümbe, üm (Middle High German)
        • öm, em (Central Franconian)
          • ëm (Luxembourgish)
  • *umbi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • umbi (Old Saxon)
      • umme (Middle Low German)
        • üm, um (Low German)
        • om (Plautdietsch)
  • umb (Old Norse)
  • um (Old Norse)
    • um (Faroese)
    • um (Icelandic)
    • um, om, øm (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • um (Old Norse)
    • om (Danish)
      • om (Norwegian Bokmål)
        • om (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • um (Old Norse)
    • um (Old Swedish)
      • om (Swedish)
  • *umpi (Proto-Finnic)
    • umbes (Estonian)
    • umpi (Finnish)
  • *ümbär (Proto-Finnic)
    • ympäri (Finnish)

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